Early this morning, I heard a blue jay outside.   Screaming.    His shrill cry would ring out, and for a moment...there would be no answer.  He would then pause for another moment, and then he would shriek again. No one was contesting. No one was challenging, but all within earshot were certainly hearing what he had to say. His loud piercing cries continued consistently and incessantly for quite a while.  He wanted everyone to know he was there, and we sure did.  He (or she) was loud and (purposely) made his presence known. Father, forgive us when this is us .  We all fall to pride in one way or another, and when we (purposely) make our spiritual presence/point/righteousness known, we amplify us  and we diminish You . Like the overbearing bluejay, we have been known to cry out verbally/online/in-person, and in-writing...in our attempts to (pridefully) crow about our case for Christ. But this is not only an inefficient way to live out our fait...